Sheriff Peter Paterson advised Hogg the sentence was a substitute for custody.

The payback order might be reviewed for compliance on 25 March at Jedburgh Sheriff Court docket.

Hogg made no remark as he left courtroom accompanied by his mother and father.

Montpellier Rugby Membership – the place he now performs – have made no official assertion however the BBC understands that the membership need him to hold on taking part in for them.

Lynne Barrie, procurator fiscal for Lothian and Borders, stated Hogg had now been “held accountable for subjecting his estranged spouse to years of home abuse”.

She stated the Crown Workplace recognised the “devastating affect of home abuse” and was dedicated to the “sturdy prosecution of offences, no matter who the offender is”.

“No-one ought to need to dwell in worry of a associate or former associate,” she added.

“The trauma suffered by victims – and kids who witness these crimes – is critical.

“I might urge anybody affected by related offending to come back ahead and report it.”

Two lynx that have been illegally launched into the Scottish Highlands have been captured in a single day and are mentioned to be in good well being.

Police had issued a warning to the general public on Wednesday night to not strategy the wild cats, after a number of sightings within the Drumguish space, close to Kingussie.

Working alongside Police Scotland, consultants from the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) humanely trapped the wild cats and they’re now being cared for in quarantine services at Highland Wildlife Park earlier than being transferred to Edinburgh Zoo.

The wildlife conservation charity condemned the unlawful launch as “reckless” and “extremely irresponsible”, as did different animal welfare teams, who warned that it was doubtless the pair would have died within the wild. There have been requires whoever was accountable to face “the complete pressure of the regulation” on the Scottish parliament on Thursday.

Police mentioned enquiries have been persevering with to determine the complete circumstances on Thursday. Whereas charities working in the direction of the reintroduction of lynx to the Highlands have condemned the unlawful launch, there may be hypothesis that somebody who had grown pissed off with the sluggish progress of the marketing campaign had taken issues into their very own palms.

The truth that the normally shy and elusive animals have been photographed in snowy woodland by an area resident suggests they have been used to human interplay.

Eurasian lynx, which generally develop to the scale of a labrador retriever and have thick grey-brown fur with black spots and a white stomach, have been as soon as native to Britain however pushed to extinction about 1,000 years in the past.

David Barclay, the supervisor of the RZSS saving wildcats workforce, mentioned: “We set dwell path cameras close to baited traps and it was an extended evening for our specialist keepers who have been taking turns to watch any exercise.

“It was wonderful to see the lynx being captured safely and humanely, which makes the shortage of sleep greater than value it.

“Biosecurity legal guidelines imply the cats have to spend 30 days in appropriate quarantine services, so we are going to switch them from Highland Wildlife Park to Edinburgh zoo, the place we are going to additional assess their well being and welfare. Long run, they might return to Highland Wildlife Park, which is close to the place they have been trapped, although it’s too early to say for sure.”

RZSS’s chief govt, David Discipline, condemned the unlawful launch “within the strongest attainable phrases”.

“It was a extremely irresponsible act and it is vitally unlikely they’d have survived within the wild as a result of an absence of satisfactory preparation. Their abandonment was reckless to the animals, public the group and nature.

“For now, we’ve named them ‘The KillieHuntly Two’ and fortunately they look like in good well being.”

Highland Wildlife Park is already house to 2 grown northern lynx, a subspecies of the Eurasian lynx, named Swap and Neon.

The charity partnership Lynx to Scotland described the unlawful launch as “grossly irresponsible”.

Peter Cairns, the chief director of Scotland: The Large Image, one of many charities concerned, mentioned: “We perceive the frustration of all those that want to see lynx restored to the Scottish panorama, however an unlawful launch just isn’t the best way to realize that goal.”

The farmers’ physique NFU Scotland, which opposes the reintroduction of lynx to the Cairngorms, had raised issues in a single day in regards to the predators attacking livestock.

Including to hypothesis about how and why the cats have been launched, one witness described encountering them close to a layby, the place straw bedding had been left for them.

Willie Anderson, deputy workforce chief of Cairngorm mountain rescue workforce, mentioned he got here inside 60 yards of the pair.

“That they had undoubtedly been illegally launched as a result of they have been 100 yards from a pile of straw bedding that contained useless chicks and, apparently, porcupine quills – the bedding was peppered with porcupine quills,” he mentioned.

“They have been very tame and you possibly can see that they had been launched from a close-by layby as a result of there was the straw there too. They have been solely 100 yards from that spot and the highway. I don’t suppose they’d have survived within the wild.”

Anderson praised the pace at which consultants on the Highland Wildlife Park had recaptured the animals.

“The park had traps they use for his or her Scottish wildcat reintroduction programme, so that they left baited cages and extremely they caught each. The cages additionally had cameras so workers may monitor them,” he mentioned.

“To catch one lynx in a cage was nice however two was actually incredible. I’ve achieved a number of rescues in my time however this was one of many extra uncommon occasions that I’ve come throughout.”

The Highland Wildlife Park is acquainted with winter escapades: final February an escaped Japanese macaque turned a worldwide sensation after he went on the run for 4 days, earlier than being lured again by a yorkshire pudding.

Edward Mountain, MSP for the Highlands and Islands, raised the difficulty at first minister’s questions on Thursday, calling for the unlawful launch to be recognised as “a really severe wildlife crime”.

“The discharge of those lynx was not solely reckless and ignorant, but in addition unlawful,” he mentioned.

“There’s a motive why the reintroduction of species is rigorously regulated, and people accountable should be caught and face the complete pressure of the regulation.

“If these lynx weren’t caught, it’s doubtless that they’d have died. I’m relieved that the animals are secure, however it is necessary that we recognise the importance of this severe wildlife crime”.

In a battle of top-five defenses, No. 5 Notre Dame rallied late to defeat No. 4 Penn State 27-24 within the Orange Bowl CFP semifinal at Arduous Rock Stadium. The Preventing Irish overcame a 10-3 halftime deficit because of quarterback Riley Leonard’s spectacular second half.

Penn State opened the scoring on a 20-yard Ryan Barker subject purpose, then prolonged its result in 10-0 on a Nicholas Singleton landing run. Leonard briefly exited after a tough sort out however returned, orchestrating a pair of landing drives. His three-yard draw tied the sport early within the third quarter earlier than Notre Dame grabbed its first lead within the fourth when Jeremiyah Love powered throughout the purpose line.

Singleton, who completed with three speeding touchdowns, gave the Nittany Lions a 24-17 benefit halfway by the ultimate quarter. However the Irish responded once more, tying it on a 54-yard bomb to Jaden Greathouse after Penn State’s secondary slipped. Following a pricey Drew Allar interception, Notre Dame kicker Mitch Jeter drilled a 41-yard subject purpose with seven seconds remaining to seal the victory.

Notre Dame (14-1) advances to face the winner of the Ohio State-Texas matchup for the nationwide championship, whereas Penn State finishes its season at 13-3 after falling simply in need of a title alternative.

Richard Hammond and his spouse have introduced their break up after “28 wonderful years collectively”.

The 55-year-old TV presenter, finest identified for his position on motoring High Gear and The Grand Tour alongside former co-stars James Could and Jeremy Clarkson, married the newspaper columnist Amanda “Mindy” Hammond in 2002.

In a press release shared on-line on Thursday, the pair stated: “Slightly replace from us; this Christmas we have been collectively as a household and this 12 months we’ll nonetheless be a household however simply structured a bit in a different way.

“Our marriage is coming to finish, however we’ve had a tremendous 28 years collectively and two unbelievable daughters.”

“We’ll at all times be in one another’s lives and are happy with the household we created.

“We gained’t be commenting additional and sincerely hope that our privateness and that of our kids might be revered at the moment. With Love, Richard and Mindy.”

Amanda had been a pillar of assist to Hammond as he handled the aftermath of his near-fatal 2006 High Gear crash when he was injured whereas driving a jet-powered automotive at 288 mph. The incident briefly put him right into a coma and left him with severe head accidents, however he managed to make a full restoration and returned to the present in early 2007.

Talking in regards to the incident 16 years later, Hammond admitted in 2022 that his spouse screaming at him within the hospital is what woke him from the coma.

“In hospital, in intensive care, issues have been apparently not wanting superb, however I didn’t know, there was a whole lot of morphine floating round my system,” he stated in 2022. “I lastly woke and I shared with my spouse Mindy a dream I’d been having. A very, actually, actually vivid one, most likely, partly, on account of the morphine.

“And in my thoughts I’d been strolling these hills right here within the Lake District, overlooking Buttermere. I used to be having a stunning time strolling alongside and steadily I received a rising sense of you recognize when you recognize you’re in hassle.”

“(It) grew and grew till ultimately in my dream I turned again, I didn’t stroll again round this tree and stick with it after which I woke.”

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After waking up and telling his spouse about his dream, she advised him that on the identical time, she had been “shouting and screaming” at him, saying ,“Don’t you dare die!”

”That’s once I turned again from this tree in my dream and that’s once I woke,” stated Hammond. “My final thought took me someplace I like and someplace I’m joyful. So I’m not terrified of this outdated tree. I go it repeatedly, most months I come up right here and stroll, and each time I go it, I do really feel comforted.”

Hammond and his spouse share two daughters, Izzy, 24, and Willow, 22.

The motor journalist hosts the podcast Who We Are Now together with his daughter Izzy, who works alongside her dad at his storage.

Hammond discovered fame on native radio earlier than touchdown a task on High Gear in 2002, and went on to current The Grand Tour on Amazon. Hammond has additionally fronted gameshows Brainiac and Complete Wipeout.

TV presenter Richard Hammond and his spouse have introduced they’re splitting up after an “wonderful 28 years collectively”.

The 55-year-old, finest identified for internet hosting motoring exhibits Prime Gear and The Grand Tour, tied the knot with newspaper columnist Amanda “Mindy” Hammond, 59, in 2002.

In an announcement on Thursday, the pair mentioned their household spent Christmas collectively however will go into the brand new yr “a bit otherwise”.

“Slightly replace from us; this Christmas we had been collectively as a household and this yr we are going to nonetheless be a household however simply structured a bit otherwise,” the assertion posted to X mentioned.

“Our marriage is coming to finish, however we have had an incredible 28 years collectively and two unimaginable daughters.

“We are going to at all times be in one another’s lives and are happy with the household we created.

“We can’t be commenting additional and sincerely hope that our privateness and that of our kids will probably be revered at the moment. With Love, Richard and Mindy.”

The couple have two daughters, Izzy, 24, and Willow, 22.

Collectively along with his eldest daughter, Hammond hosts the podcast Who We Are Now With Izzy & Richard, which returns for a 3rd collection this yr.

His household have additionally appeared on his Discovery+ collection Richard Hammond’s Workshop, about him beginning a restoration enterprise in Herefordshire.

Hammond was supported by his spouse in 2006 following a high-speed crash on Prime Gear which left him with severe accidents.

He then appeared alongside colleagues Jeremy Clarkson and James Could for the ultimate episode of Amazon Prime present The Grand Tour, on September 13 final yr, which noticed the trio journey throughout Zimbabwe.

Graham Potter has checked in at a troubled West Ham with the message that solely a united strategy will hold them afloat in a “ruthless” Premier League.

Weeks of hypothesis over Julen Lopetegui’s future ended on Wednesday together with his alternative by Potter, who returns to administration after 21 months away. Potter was sacked by Chelsea in April 2023 and joins what’s, on the face of issues, a equally turbulent West Ham atmosphere. The technical director, Tim Steidten, who would in concept be anticipated to work intently with Potter, may go away amid unhappiness about his switch document and fraught relationships with earlier managers.

Steidten fell out with Lopetegui and David Moyes throughout a interval wherein West Ham have did not kick on. Potter was requested at his unveiling on Thursday whether or not he would have the ability to kind a working relationship with the German and responded with a extra basic plea for concord.

“Sure, completely,” he stated. “I met all people on the board. Actually, actually constructive. I’ve solely been right here just a few hours so that you’ve obtained to provide me a little bit of time to develop relationships. However I can solely say from the final 12, 13 years of my profession, that’s what I’ve tried to do in all places I’ve gone. It’s essential we have now that togetherness, that alignment, that we’re getting in the identical route. As quickly as you begin going off in several methods, the Premier League is ruthless. So the extra collectively we’re, the extra aligned we’re, the higher.”

Main from the entrance with a candid strategy will, he feels, deliver everybody on to the identical web page. “There needs to be readability from me about how the crew needs to play: how does that present the route for everyone round to make choices, whether or not it’s recruitment or no matter,” he stated. “Then it’s about having open, respectful dialogue. Nobody’s obtained all of the solutions, nobody is aware of the whole lot.

“This can be a membership that’s had latest success. I’m right here now, so there’s a disappointment that’s been latest however there’s quite a lot of good right here, there’s quite a lot of constructive right here.”

Potter enthused that his comeback “seems like Christmas Day”, though among the presents left on the 14th-placed membership’s coaching floor is probably not to his liking. West Ham should not out of the relegation image and a disjointed squad, pockmarked with some expensively assembled flops, may do with surgical procedure this month. He expects assets to be obtainable if the proper additions turn into inside attain in a notoriously difficult window.

“The problem is to make some fast choices and be taught round what we have now,” he stated. “The January window shouldn’t be essentially the most simple, it may be sophisticated. My focus is on the crew that we’ve obtained. After which on the identical time, all the time concentrate on alternatives that may come.”

The trajectory of Potter’s profession, which ignited in a exceptional tenure at Östersund earlier than spectacular spells at Swansea and Brighton, flatlined badly when he left Chelsea six months after his appointment. He accepts there shall be sceptics to win over.

“After I hearken to Pep Guardiola, he says he’s obtained one thing to show,” he stated. “If he’s obtained one thing to show then all of us have, it’s the fact.

“I’m snug in my very own pores and skin, I’m snug with who I’m and what I’ve accomplished. Clearly nobody’s good. Life is about taking the successes, accepting the setbacks and accepting the defeats. Accepting the errors, coping with it and making you stronger. I feel I’m a greater particular person now for the expertise [at Chelsea], a greater coach for the expertise and effectively rested.”

Potter was not in need of affords to chop quick his prolonged break however defined it had been essential to “step again and see what’s taking place, analyse your individual pondering, your individual ideas”. He stated: “I’ve realized that I’m fairly competent, to be sincere. I’ve realized to not fear an excessive amount of about what folks from the skin consider me.” His first probability to kind opinions at West Ham will arrive on Friday night once they contest an FA Cup third-round tie at Aston Villa.

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday would not rule out exercising army or financial coercion to additional his objective of bringing each Greenland and the Panama Canal underneath U.S. management, as his son, Donald Trump Jr., is in Greenland amid Trump’s push to accumulate the autonomous territory of Denmark. 

“I am unable to guarantee you, you are speaking about Panama and Greenland,” Trump advised reporters throughout a press convention at his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida. “No, I am unable to guarantee you on both of these two. However I can say this — we want them for financial safety.”

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen rejected Trump’s designs on Greenland however stated she’d proceed to welcome American curiosity and funding, in gentle of Trump Jr.’s go to.

“I, after all, hope that Trump Jr. may have the chance to see Greenland and go to the magnificent nation,” Frederiksen stated in a TV interview Tuesday. “However additionally it is vital to carry quick that the way forward for Greenland is outlined by the Greenlanders, not by the remainder of us.”

“It’s their nation that we’re speaking about right here, and it’s Greenland that, in my eyes, can decide and outline Greenland’s future,” she stated. Frederiksen nonetheless considers the U.S. a beneficial ally as Moscow and Beijing enhance their cooperation.

“I might a lot moderately have American funding and American curiosity than I would like Russian or Chinese language,” she stated. “Then again, I wish to encourage everybody to respect that the Greenlanders are a folks, they’re a inhabitants,” Frederiksen stated. “It’s their nation that’s at stake right here.”

Trump Jr. arrived Tuesday in Greenland on his father’s “Trump Power One” airplane, weeks after his father once more expressed a want for the U.S. to achieve management of the autonomous Danish territory. The go to comes only a day after Trump prompt the folks of the huge area had been “MAGA,” in a put up on social media.

“Simply right here as vacationers,” Trump Jr. advised journalists as he walked into the airport in Greenland’s capital metropolis of Nuuk on Tuesday. “We have been speaking about going for a whereas. I used to be truly speculated to be right here final spring for a few of the stuff I do in my free time, however simply actually excited to be right here. Superior nation.”

He was shortly requested about his father, who’s acknowledged a want to make Greenland a part of the U.S., however he replied solely to say that the quickly to be second-term president, “says hi there.” 

“We had been speaking to him yesterday, so he says hi there to everybody in Greenland,” stated Trump Jr.

Greenland, which has a inhabitants of solely about 57,000, is a semi-autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. It has oil, pure gasoline and mineral sources, however its financial system is reliant on subsidies from Denmark and from fishing.

Nonetheless, Trump on Tuesday expressed doubt about Denmark’s management of Greenland, regardless of Greenland’s standing as an autonomous territory. 

“No person even is aware of if they’ve any proper, title or curiosity,” Trump stated, inaccurately, of Denmark and Greenland. 

“The go to of Donald Trump Jr. is a non-public go to and that’s being revered by Naalakkersuisut — the Authorities of Greenland. Subsequently, there may also not be reactions to the go to,” Mininnguaq Kleist, Greenland’s everlasting secretary for the Ministry of International Affairs, advised CBS Information forward of his arrival on Tuesday. “Our nation is open for visits, and guests are welcome in our lovely nation.”

Reuters, citing a supply conversant in the journey, stated Trump Jr. was planning to shoot content material for a podcast, and that he would solely be visiting for at some point.  

On Monday, President-elect Trump stated in a social media put up that he was, “listening to that the folks of Greenland are ‘MAGA.’ My son, Don Jr, and numerous representatives, shall be touring there to go to a few of the most opulent areas and sights. Greenland is an unbelievable place, and the folks will profit tremendously if, and when, it turns into a part of our Nation. We are going to shield it, and cherish it, from a really vicious exterior World. MAKE GREENLAND GREAT AGAIN!”

Trump had expressed curiosity in shopping for Greenland throughout his first time period in workplace, although the thought was shortly rebuffed by Danish authorities. 

Two weeks in the past, Trump stated on social media that, “for functions of Nationwide Safety and Freedom all through the World, the USA of America feels that the possession and management of Greenland is an absolute necessity.”

Greenland’s authorities has twice rebuffed assertions of curiosity within the territory by Trump, with Prime Minister Mute Egede saying simply earlier than Christmas that “Greenland is ours. We aren’t on the market and can by no means be on the market.”

Final week, Egede gave a New Yr’s speech pushing for Greenland to take away “the shackles of colonialism” and achieve full independence from Denmark. 

“It’s about time that we ourselves take a step and form our future, additionally with regard to who we’ll cooperate carefully with, and who our buying and selling companions shall be,” Egede stated.

One Greenlandic lawmaker in Denmark’s parliament, Aaja Chemnitz, stated Trump’s curiosity needs to be dismissed, Reuters reported.

“I do not need to be a pawn in Trump’s sizzling goals of increasing his empire to incorporate our nation,” Chemnitz stated.

Peterborough supervisor Darren Ferguson stated an unnamed Everton participant “had a pop” at him after he denied Tyler Younger the chance to return on as an alternative towards his father Ashley in Thursday’s FA Cup third spherical match.

Whereas former England worldwide Ashley got here off the bench within the second half for Everton, Tyler was an unused sub within the sport at Goodison Park. Everton received 2-0 towards the third-division crew.

“I’ve acquired to do what’s finest for my crew and we’re not a charity case,” Ferguson stated. “As a lot as I needed Tyler to go on along with his dad, one among their gamers had a little bit of a pop at me, which is bang out of order.”

Ferguson used his fifth and ultimate substitute within the 88th minute with Peterborough 1-0 down and chasing an equalizer.

“I’ve acquired to do what’s finest for our crew and at that time at 1-0 I’m making an attempt to get a consequence,” he stated.

When each Youngs had been named as substitutes for the match it saved alive the prospect of a memorable showdown between father and son in soccer’s oldest knockout competitors. However with Peterborough trailing 1-0 till added time, Ferguson opted towards calling for Tyler, who has solely made one senior look for the membership.

Everton received 2-0 by way of targets from Beto and Iliman Ndiaye.

Ashley Younger received the FA Cup in 2016 with Manchester United in addition to league titles in England and Italy. However he stated earlier than the match that the possibility to share the sector along with his son could be larger than any trophy he has lifted.

“I’ve stated it for (a) quite a few quantity of years that if there was a chance that we was capable of play with one another or play towards one another, it tops the whole lot I’ve achieved in my profession,” he instructed Everton’s web site.

The pair spoke on the sector earlier than kickoff and Ashley embraced his son after the ultimate whistle.

Midfielder Tyler hung out at Arsenal, Queens Park Rangers and MK Dons earlier than becoming a member of third-division Peterborough final yr.

He made his debut for the membership as an alternative in October.

Ashley is within the latter phases of a profession that has seen him characterize England on the World Cup and play for storied golf equipment resembling United, Inter Milan and Aston Villa.

Amongst different cases of fathers and sons in the identical sport, World Cup winner Rivaldo performed and scored in the identical sport as his son Rivaldinho in a Brazilian second-division match in 2015.

In October, LeBron and Bronny James turn into the primary father and son to play collectively within the NBA.

In 1990, Ken Griffey Jr. and Ken Griffey Sr. hit back-to-back residence runs in Main League Baseball.

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No father and son have performed towards one another in 154 years of the FA Cup, however all that would change at Goodison Park tonight when Everton host Peterborough.

Premier League veteran Ashley Younger, 39, would possibly go head-to-head along with his 18-year-old son Tyler and the distinction of their careers couldn’t be starker.

Whereas Tyler is but to make his League debut for the Posh, father Ashley has racked up in extra of 600 profession appearances, making his first group debut almost two years earlier than his son was even born.

Whereas Younger Snr is famed for his versatility, younger Tyler, who made his senior debut in its place within the 2-0 EFL Trophy defeat of Stevenage, is an lively midfielder with a fame for choosing a cross and the power to make potent runs past the strikers.

Together with his father established as a stalwart of the Premier League and having additionally made 39 appearances for his nation, Tyler started soccer life within the Arsenal Academy earlier than switching to Milton Keynes Dons as a teenager.

He then joined QPR however the Hoops let him go final summer season due to monetary cutbacks, which means Peterborough swooped to accumulate his providers.

“Tyler will likely be on the bench although I can’t assure he’s going to get on,” Posh supervisor Darren Ferguson confirmed on Wednesday.

“After we signed him, the primary couple of months he was excellent. He got here on in a first-team sport and did very effectively. He had a little bit little bit of a dip, as younger gamers do, however he’s obtained expertise.

“He couldn’t have a greater position mannequin than his dad, nonetheless taking part in at 40ish. To try this, it’s a must to be at it day-after-day.”

For Younger Sr, drawing Peterborough has given him the chance to get pleasure from a profession excessive on the superior age of 39.

He mentioned: “I noticed that we’d been drawn towards Peterborough and like I mentioned for years, if there was any manner that we might play towards one another or play with one another, it could be the head of my profession. It could eclipse all the pieces I’ve executed.”

Speaking concerning the likelihood to face his dad, Tyler mentioned: “It means rather a lot, even to be taking part in towards my dad, however even to play within the FA Cup, which has obtained a lot historical past.

He joked: “If I used to be to nutmeg my dad he in all probability wouldn’t even say I used to be allowed again in the home.”

As regular father Ashley, ever the hardened skilled, lower by way of the sentimentality with the final phrase: “He’s 18 years outdated, he’s an grownup, he’s going to should take care of himself on the pitch. If there’s a sort out there, whether or not it’s me or another person, it’s simply what occurs.”